Culinary utensil.



PATENTED JUNE ll, 1907.

J. H. COLLINS. CULINARY UTENS.. PPLIOATIOH FILED 001222,1006.

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JAMES H. COLLlNS, OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

CULlNAFiY UTENSH..

Specification' of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1907.

Application filed OCtObr 22.1906- Selltl N0. 340,053i

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Be it lrnown that i, harnas H. CoLLiNs, oi Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin and State -ol Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Culinary Utensils, ot which' the iollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a culinary utensil tor use in cooking loods ol a soit nature, such as are dillicult to handle with a forli or with an ordinary knife.

The utensil "llustrated, described and claimed in this application is similar to that covered by my application Serial No. 286,926 'l'iled November ll, 1905, but diliers therefrom in some important particulars wil hereinafter appear.

ltelierring to the drawing: Figure l is a top plan view o the utensil. Fig. 2 is a perspective oi' the same. Fig. 3 is a sido eleva- .ti'on partly in section. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line 4, l of Fig. 3. d The lrnife proper comprises shaped blade A having a shank insulating hand e portion ot' the blade is bent at an angle to the shank. B which is gradually narrowed and bent up somewhat at the sides. Upon this narrowed or slanted portion is a support D integral therewith and comprising vertical posts E, F between which by a pin G is pivoted the holding lever 'l Both the blade A and the lever li are prelerably stampedout of sheet metal, the shank B ot the blade A being vformed witha longitudinal, semicircular groove or channel running into Agrooves constituting a V at the beginning of the. shovel portion. Similarly7 the lever H is semicircular in cross section presenting a groove facing the groove in the shanlr This groove runs into short grooves constituting; a V where the lever merges into the holding loop K which is shown in this .instance as circular and normally lies flat against theshovel portion ot B, and a heat the blade, being in substg-ntially the same y plane. This loop is bent at an angle to the body of the lever. This semi-tubular or channeled construction is a very strong one and most advantageous on that account. 'lhe provision ol' a 'l'lat sheet metal loop of some width is an advantave in that itenables the user of the utensil to hold the rood without injuring it.

'lhe lever H has a llat tened portion l filling the space between the upright posts it, F on a thin shovel The shovel shaped the shank B and comprising depending posts li, M co-acting with the said posts E, F. The said lever held in position between these posts by the pin G before referred to and is normally l'orced into Vholding` position with its loop against the shovel shaped blade by means of a spiral spring N coiled around the pin G, one end ol the said spring being fasteneduti') the handle or to the shank B of the blade and the other bearing against the nnderside of the thumb piece O which extends backwardly and upwardly from the holding lever back ol itsl pivot. This piece is broadened out and is slightly convex to make the release of the lever by pressure of the thumb on the said portion O easier.

The utensil consists essentially of two parts, the blade and the holding lever, it being obvious that the pivot pin vmight be omitted by substituting lor it projecting parts on one el those members'co-acting with holes or depressions in the other, and that the spring while improvingr this implement is not essen- Ial.

lt will be observed that thisconstruction is rigid, so strong to bc practically ind'estructible; that `Ithe co-action between the still integral metal posts on the shank of the blade and on the holding lever maintains the lever always in precisely the correct posit-ion preventing sidewise play but permitting the ready operation of thelcver to hold or release any article; that the shovel shape of the blade is most convenient, and that the flat sheet nietal loop is very ellicient.

What l. claim as new is:`

ln a culinary utensil, a blade having a flat portion, a support thereon integral with the blade and having upright postseonstituting a fork, and a holding lever pivoted in sai support and comprising erating means, am

)rising depending posts and )ctween the upright iosts on the blade so as to guide the lever an( .prevent its lateral disilacement said holding means consisting of a llat sheet metal loop normally in substantially the same plane as the [lat portion of the blade, substantially as described.

Signed by me at Harrisburg Pennsylvania this 19th day ol October i906.

JAMES H. CGL-LINS.

filling the space Witnesses:

FREDERICK M. O'r'r, WILLIAM I. Femina.

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